Yes Nalini ji Many do have. Here are some for Anagallis arvensis ssp. arvensis Hindi: Jonkmari Guj: Anagallide, morgellina Punjab: Dhabbar
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 2:36 AM, nabha meghani <nabha-megh...@gmx.de> wrote: > Yes, Prof. Singh ji, > it struck me, when I read the subject line about your postings of Kashmir > Flora. > Do these plants have indian names? > Regards > Nalini > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> > *To:* tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> > *Cc:* Pankaj Oudhia <pankajoud...@gmail.com> ; > efloraofindia<indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > *Sent:* Monday, July 26, 2010 3:09 PM > *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:42360] Re: Anagallis arvensis ssp. arvensis > > Dear friends > It feels good to read interesting discussion with useful feedback from > experts from different fields. Nalini ji, the Flora of Kashmir has so many > common elements with Europe, and when in Kashmir I would use Book on British > Flora, Flora Europaea and Flora of British Isles commonly for > identification. Pankaj ji, it feels so refreshing to read your useful > information about plant healers. > I saw this plant in Kashmir so many times, little knowing that it will > generate so much interest on the group. Thanks everybody. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 5:05 PM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Nice catch of the plant sir ji !!! >> Tanay >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Pankaj Oudhia <pankajoud...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Let me continue the interesting discussion. >>> >>> In wheat fields in India, Anagallis grows with Chenopodium, Melilotus and >>> Sphaeranthus. As fish poison, the use of Sphaeranthus is preferred. In order >>> to increase its performance Anagallis, collected before flowering, is added. >>> To make it more strong remaining two species are added. >>> >>> Anagallis is toxic plant. In order to nullify its harmful effects it is >>> used with Chenopodium. The harmful effects of Melilotus commonly known as >>> Senji is nullified by Sphaeranthus. All these species are used with Wheat >>> grass in different combinations. >>> >>> The presence of these fives in wheat fields have special purpose. Mother >>> Nature arranged it for welfare of humanbeings. The greedy humanbeings see >>> only wheat as crop and destroy other gifts as weed and in this way loose the >>> golden oppurtuniy to get benefit from it. >>> >>> regards >>> >>> Pankaj Oudhia >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:35 PM, nabha meghani <nabha-megh...@gmx.de>wrote: >>> >>>> Thank you Gurcharan ji, >>>> for sharing these beautiful fotos. >>>> These flowers are quite common here and I don't take notice of them. >>>> After watching your fotos I think I must always carry my fotoapparat with >>>> me, whenever I go out, even to the grocer for shopping. >>>> Ther germanname of the plant is Gaukheil (heeling mentalproblems) and >>>> was used to treat melancholie. Wetterkraut (weatherindicator) or >>>> Nebelpflanze (fogplant) are other names. >>>> I read in my book that in india the plant is used by fishers to catch >>>> fish because it is light toxic. >>>> Regards >>>> Nalini >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> >>>> *From:* Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> >>>> *To:* Tabish <tabi...@gmail.com> >>>> *Cc:* efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >>>> *Sent:* Monday, July 26, 2010 9:51 AM >>>> *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:42340] Re: Anagallis arvensis ssp. >>>> arvensis >>>> >>>> Thanks Prashant ji, Tabish ji and Pankaj ji for encouraging comments. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>>> Retired Associate Professor >>>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Tabish <tabi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> The Blue Pimpernel and the Scarlet Pimpernel both are often called >>>>> shepherd's weather glass or shepherd's clock because the flowers close >>>>> before sunset or if it is about to rain. These brightly colored >>>>> flowers appear as bright dots in the field, which dramatically >>>>> "disappear" when the flowers close, if the sky is overcast or the sun >>>>> is about to set. Closed flowers are quite hard to notice because of >>>>> their dull color. >>>>> - Tabish >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 26, 12:17 pm, Pankaj Oudhia <pankajoud...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> > Nice pictures Gurcharan ji. Not sure about the medicinal properties >>>>> of this >>>>> > type as blue flowered Anagallis is very common in crop fields >>>>> specially in >>>>> > winter season crops in my region. Anagallis is known as Poor man's >>>>> (or >>>>> > farmer's) weather clock as its flowers close before bad weather. >>>>> Again I am >>>>> > not sure whether your Anagallis is also having same property or not? >>>>> > >>>>> > While walk in forest when we get injury from Tribulus or Asteracantha >>>>> spines >>>>> > the Healers use local herbs whereas I prefer use of Anagallis as >>>>> > Homoeo-drug. It acts in miraculous way. >>>>> > >>>>> > Anagallis arvensis possess benefical Allelopathic properties. I tried >>>>> it on >>>>> > different medicinal and aromatic crops, at first in lab and then in >>>>> fields, >>>>> > and now my farmers are using it. >>>>> > >>>>> > Accprding to weed researchers it is a curse but for the farmers aware >>>>> of its >>>>> > healing properties it is boon. This is the reason in general they >>>>> ignore >>>>> > research recommnedations specially in the field of weed management. >>>>> > >>>>> > regards >>>>> > >>>>> > Pankaj Oudhia >>>>> > >>>>> > On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Gurcharan Singh < >>>>> singh...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > > Have seen a lot of blue flowered Anagallis (Anagallis arvensis ssp. >>>>> > > foemina) in Delhi, usually growing at altitudes below 1500 m or so, >>>>> but was >>>>> > > lucky to find both subspecies in Kashmir. This one is A. arvensis >>>>> ssp. >>>>> > > arvensis with orange-red flowers fairly common in Kashmir in the >>>>> valley >>>>> > > (1600 m and above), photographed in June 26, 2010 from Srinagar. >>>>> > > -- >>>>> > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>>>> > > Retired Associate Professor >>>>> > > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>>>> > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>>>> > > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>>>> > >http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/<http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >>>>> <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Tanay Bose >> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) >> 9830439691(Mobile) >> >> >> > > >
